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Barbro Åberg, Geological Vessel, Ceramic Sculpture, Denmark, 2023
By Barbro Åberg
Located in New York, NY
Åberg's works, made largely in black and white, are often purely sculptural,
even playfully non-utilitarian. Rough surfaces inspired by geology are set in
contrast to a refined elega...
Category
2010s Danish Ceramic Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Elio Schiavon Italian Wizard Figure
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Elio Schiavon wizard figure, dates to the mid-1950s in excellent condition! Born in 1925 in Arzergrande, Padua, Italy. Studied at the Nove School of Ceramic Art. Opened his own Studi...
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramic Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
$2,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Stoneware Sculpture by Maarten Stuer, Entitled "Bloc in Motion", 2020
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A ceramic sculpture "Bloc in motion" by Maarten Stuer.
This piece can be put indoor or outdoor.
Artist monogram under the base.
2020.
Unique piece.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Ceramic Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Stone and Black Clay Sculptural Bottle Handcarved Lava Stone Table Water Bottle
Located in London, GB
Gota - table bottle sculptural jug
-decoration for the spirit, the spring of the soul
It is a decorative piece that mixes black clay from Oaxaca and stone from Jalisco.
Two ...
Category
2010s Mexican Ceramic Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stone, Lava
Sculptural Studio Pottery Terracotta Vase
Located in London, GB
Hand-sculpted flat round vase in red unglazed ceramic is partly decorated with a textured layer to create the most sculptural effect.
Category
1980s European Vintage Ceramic Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Abstract Sculpture by Jules Agard
By Jules Agard
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
Abstract Sculpture by Jules Agard
Hand painted abstract sculpture by Jules Agard in Valaris terracotta from the 1950s.
??Jules Agard??
Jules Agard, ...
Category
1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramic Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Striped Fold II, Mixed Colour Porcelain Sculptural Vessel by Steven Edwards
Located in London, GB
Striped Fold II is a unique sculpture by the British artist Steven Edwards, created from white and coloured parian porcelain.
Steven Edwards is a ceramic artist whose work investigates the language of making through the materiality and physicality of clay. Fascinated by process-led making, he uses traditional techniques that provoke unanticipated outcomes, using clay as a medium that sustains the narrative of the making process. The resulting forms embody his interaction and manipulation of the clay using bespoke tools to explore the intrinsic properties of the material.
His creative practice starts by purposely placing clay under stress to reveal the natural tension and movement in its surface and form. Throughout the whole making process, he pushes, pulls, compresses and slices the material to provoke a reaction. The final forms are a combination of these making scenarios, translating a theme of duality in their appearance – the contrast of visual distortion and precision, the stillness and movement in form and the surface deception between synthetic and natural.
Whilst challenging and pushing his material to the limits, often using clay bodies in ways they are not designed for, Edwards purposely exploits unexpected outcomes. Creating a sense of unease, during the making his clay cracks and buckles, resulting in permanent scars that illustrate the extremes that have been asked of it. Purely aesthetic, these fissures within the surface are an important counter point to the idealised sugary-hued confectionery layered rings.
Edwards has exhibited his work at premiere contemporary design and craft shows including British Ceramics...
Category
2010s British Organic Modern Ceramic Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Italian Midcentury Vase Abstract Sculture Multi-Color Salvatore Meli Style
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Italian midcentury vase abstract Sculture multi-color Salvatore Meli style.
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramic Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
$1,504 Sale Price
30% Off
Set of 2 Ceramic Studio Pottery Vase by Gerhard Liebenthron, Germany, 1980s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Ceramic stoneware object set of 2
Designer and producer:
Gerhard Liebenthron
Information:
Gerhard Liebenthron, Bremen
1925-2005
Decade:
1980s
Th...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware
Zoë Powell, Ceramic Vessel 06, Perianth Series, 2021
By Zoë Powell
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Title: Perianth 06
Year: 2021
Freeform ceramic sculpture made from a blend of high-iron stoneware clays hand-collected by the artist in Minnesota. Its surface is hand-polished with ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Organic Modern Ceramic Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Abstract Ceramic Studio Pottery Object by.Horst Kerstan, Kandern Germany 1980s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Ceramic stoneware object
Designer and producer:
Horst Kerstan, Kandern in Germany
Information:
Horst Kerstan (born March 29, 1941 in Frankfurt, † March 21, 2005 in Kandern) was a German ceramist, craftsman and internationally recognized artist.
Founder of Group 83.
Decade:
1980s
This original vintage Studio Stoneware Object was designed by Horst Kerstan and produced in his own Studio in the 1980s in Kandern in Germany. It is made of solid stoneware pottery and has a very unique brown beige coloration and structure. the bottom is marked with typical Kerstan Producer signature K and signed with Keratin. a very collectible and very rare item of the Kerstan Collection. the object has a very sculptural form and in its size of 25cm in length, 14,5cm in height and 16cm in depth, it is very impressive.
straighforward and minimalistic design of the 1980s design era. This item is a wonderful addition to every modern home.
Dimensions:
Height 14,5cm
Length 25cm
Depth 16cm.
Condition:
This item is in a very good vintage condition with patina.
VITA Horst Kerstan:
Horst Kerstan grew up in Frankfurt am Main, where he became acquainted with the manufacture of ceramic products through his father Walter Kerstan, who headed the "Ceramic Colors" department of Farbwerke Hoechst AG. After a porcelain painter apprenticeship, he worked from 1956 to 1957 as a porcelain painter in the porcelain manufactory of Hoechst AG, then from 1957 to 1959 in the ceramics department of the Werkkunstschule Offenbach (today: Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach am Main) with Lore Kramer-Koehn, the wife of Frankfurt architect Ferdinand Kramer, the pottery to learn and incidentally at the College of Fine Arts, Frankfurt, the drawing.
After Kerstan met the ceramist and painter Richard Bampi...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware
Thomas Hellström, Nittsjö Keramik, Sweden, Handmade Ceramic Sculpture
Located in København, Copenhagen
Thomas Hellström, Nittsjö Keramik, Sweden.
Handmade ceramic sculpture with a male figure.
Approx. 1970s.
Marked.
In perfect condition.
Dimensions: H 25.5 x D 18.0 cm.
Category
1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Ceramic Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Wet-Cut Mosaic Wall Decoration
Located in Rockaway, NJ
One of a kind original piece of earthenware ceramic featuring several custom and proprietary glaze chemistries, including luster glazing.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Folk Art Ceramic Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Earthenware, Wood
Set of 2 Fat Lava Pottery Vases Heinz Siery Carstens Tönnieshof, Germany, 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Ceramic pottery vases set of 2
Origin:
Germany
Designer:
Heinz Siery
Producer:
Carstens Tönnieshof, Germany
Decade:
1970s
This origin...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware
Don Reitz Important Abstract Expressionist Ceramic Sculpture
By Don Reitz
Located in Sharon, CT
Important Don Reitz (1929-2014) thrown vase. Brutalized, incised, glazed and sculpted into a suggestion of a figure. About as 'attacked' and expressive as a thrown ceramic gets. Sign...
Category
Late 20th Century American Brutalist Ceramic Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
Ceramic Studio Pottery Bowl Shell Element by Gerhard Liebenthron, Germany, 1960s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Ceramic stoneware object
Designer and producer:
Gerhard Liebenthron
Information:
Gerhard Liebenthron, Bremen
1925 †2005
Decade:
1970s
This ori...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware
Dark Matte Brown Ceramic Sculpture, Hollow Oval on 4 Button Feet, Hand Built
Located in New York, NY
A hollow oval sculpture on 4 button feet. Part of a new series of related pieces, a sculptural "Family" of Modern Shapes as ceramic stoneware objects. This piece has a dark matte bro...
Category
2010s American Organic Modern Ceramic Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Tempo Andante, a pink & mink handblown glass sculpture by Enemark & Thompson
Located in London, GB
'Tempo Andante' is a unique handblown and sculpted glass artwork by the Danish and British artists, Hanne Enemark & Louis Thompson.
Trapped inside the outer shape are a multitude of...
Category
2010s British Organic Modern Ceramic Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Luster, Glass, Art Glass, Blown Glass
Capperidicasa Italian Ceramic Wood Contemporary Sculpture Flower Vase "iTotem"
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
iTotem scultura portacandele e portafiori, con elementi in ceramica e sfera di legno ad incastro e componibili a piacere, provvisti di provette di vetro per fiori freschi.
Smalto del...
Category
Early 2000s Italian Modern Ceramic Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Glass, Wood, Ceramic
$1,671 Sale Price
20% Off
Set of 3 Studio Pottery Sculptural Objects Gerhard Liebenthron, Germany, 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Ceramic stoneware object set of 3
Designer and producer:
Gerhard Liebenthron
Information:
Gerhard Liebenthron, Bremen
1925-2005
Decade:
1970s
Th...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
Sculpture Black Clay and Wood Legs, Hand carved Rosewood and Burnished clay
Located in London, GB
A set of vessels made in barro negro bruñido (burnished Black clay) from Oaxaca, with legs carved in rose wood from a master carpenter in Tlaquepaque, J...
Category
2010s Mexican Ceramic Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Rosewood
Japanese Modern LAAB Essenza Sculpture Raku Ceramic White Crakle
By LAAB Milano
Located in monza, Monza and Brianza
Essenza sculpture
A sculptural work of art that will make a unique addition to any sophisticated tabletop of a contemporary interior, this creation by Laab pays tribute to the anc...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Ceramic Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Abstract Wall Old Italian Sculpture Mixed Oil Wood Ceramic Interesting Piece
Located in Palermo, Sicily
Abstract wall old Italian sculpture on wood mixed oil wood ceramic very interesting piece, 1950.
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramic Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Wood, Paint
$1,504 Sale Price
30% Off
Large Pottery Super Multi-Color Fat Lava Vase Scheurich WGP, 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Fat lava art vase extra large version
Model: 408-40
Producer:
Scheurich, Germany
Decade:
1970s
This original vintage vase was produced in ...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Blue, Black and White Crackle-Surfaced Ceramic Sphere, Hand Built Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Blue, black and white ceramic sphere. This 3-inch piece is coated in many layers of "Terra Sigillata" a liquid clay that has been used in ceramics around the world for centuries. Her...
Category
2010s American Ceramic Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Abstract Mid-Century Modern White Glazed Phallus Sculpture, The Netherlands 1976
Located in Den Haag, NL
Abstract Mid-Century Modern White Glazed Phallus Sculpture, Dated and signed by unknown Artist, The Netherlands 1976.
Category
1970s Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramic Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Patrick Horsley Handmade Stoneware Abstract Modern Graphic Design Tray Wall Art
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Stoneware tray or wall piece with superb graphic design, created by Patrick Horsley of Portland, Oregon. Piece is signed as seen in my third picture. T...
Category
1970s Japanese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Ceramic Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
$175 Sale Price
64% Off
Big Ceramic Sculpture by Pierre Baey, circa 1990
By Pierre Baey
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A big ceramic sculpture by Pierre Baey.
Unique piece.
Perfect original conditions.
Circa 1990.
Category
20th Century French Beaux Arts Ceramic Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Richard Hirsch Ceramic Ceremonial Vessel #10, Tripod Vessels Collection, 1994
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Richard Hirsch's Tripod Ceremonial Vessel #10 is raku-fired, hand built and hand sculptured. The tripod is uniquely with bronze acrylic, iron-rust interactive acrylic, airbrushed enamels (red, green and yellow) all layered on top of each other. Signed by the artist, each piece is comprised of a marriage of four elements -- a vessel held aloft by three legs. The process of fluid transition between the elements so that the product reads as one form was vital as he built the foundation for his signature collection. The Tripod Vessels...
Category
20th Century American Modern Ceramic Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Stoneware sculpture by Georges Martin, circa 1970-1980. Unique piece.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Stoneware sculpture by Georges Martin.
Artist signature on the base. Circa 1970-1980.
Unique piece.
H : 7.7 x 13.9 x 2.7 inches.
Category
20th Century French Beaux Arts Ceramic Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Mid Century Modern Blue Glaze Ceramic Pottery World Globe Face Sculpture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Mid Century Modern Blue Glazed Ceramic Pottery World Globe "Face Impression" Artist Studio Sculpture. Artist is unknown but the piece does read "not to be used for navigation...
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
24-Legged Black Glazed Ceramic Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
This year I began focussing on the feet of a piece. How can I change the personality of the artwork by changing the feet it stands on? This challenging piece has many longer feet, ...
Category
2010s American Organic Modern Ceramic Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Ceramic Sculpture, Oblong Cube with Oval Opening in Glossy Gray Glaze
Located in New York, NY
Hollow yet weighted, this contemplative ceramic sculpture is both an object to look at as well as to hold. The center opening creates negative space, suggesting the passing through o...
Category
2010s American Organic Modern Ceramic Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Contemporary Ceramic Sculpture Vases Designed by Capperidicasa, Made in Italy
Located in Reggio Emilia, IT
Pair of large contemporary engraved ceramic sculpture vase, black enamel, new design handmade by Capperidicasa, made in Italy.
Unique pieces
Dimensions from left:
Width 17 cm, heigh...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Ceramic Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
White Porcelain Sculpture With Wavy Ridges by Lee Jong Min
By Lee Jong Min
Located in Atlanta, GA
'I use a medical dental drill bit to carve the surface of white porcelain, from a form thrown on a wheel, to create delicate patterns. This work requires an enormous amount of patien...
Category
2010s Korean Modern Ceramic Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Armillary Sundial on Terracotta Pedestal
By Blanchard
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
This large scale antique armillary sundial on a terracotta pedestal is a Blanchard original, stamped at the base with a maker’s mark.
The co...
Category
Late 19th Century Modern Antique Ceramic Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Steel
Linda Mathison, Swedish artist. Large organic-shaped ceramic sculpture.
Located in København, Copenhagen
Linda Mathison, contemporary Swedish ceramic artist.
Large organic-shaped ceramic sculpture with multicolored glaze.
Late 20th century.
Signed.
In excellent condition.
Dimensions: H...
Category
Late 20th Century Swedish Ceramic Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Glazed and engobed ceramic sculpture, circa 1970 by La Borne Potters
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Glazed and engobed ceramic sculpture.
Artist’s monogram at the base to identify.
Circa 1970- 80.
Unique piece.
H : 9.8 x 29.5 x 16.9 inches.
Category
1960s French Beaux Arts Vintage Ceramic Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Mid-20th Century Italian Avocado Sculpture
Located in Chicago, IL
A playful and whimsical mid-20th century Italian porcelain sculpture with five avocados, one cut in half with the pit showing, and placed in a basket with grass, all molded in porcel...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Abstract 31cm Ceramic Studio Pottery Object, Gerhard Liebenthron, Germany, 1981
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Ceramic stoneware object
Designer and producer:
Gerhard Liebenthron
Information:
Gerhard Liebenthron, Bremen
1925 †2005
Decade:
1980s
This original vintage Studio...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware
Joanna Poag Binding Time (Grid w/ Quatrefoils & Flowers) Ceramic Sculpture, 2019
By Joanna Poag
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary American ceramic artist Joanna Poag's Binding Time (Grid with Quatrefoils & Flowers) tabletop sculpture is part of a series. It's hand built clay, high fired to cone 6 a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Organic Modern Ceramic Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware, Ceramic
AW11 Vessel by Ceramic Artist Addison Woolsey
Located in Los Angeles, CA
AW11 Vessel by Ceramic Artist Addison Woolsey
I am interested in the specific ways that ceramics—in its various iterations as sculpture, craft, vessel...
Category
2010s American Organic Modern Ceramic Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Set of 3 OP Art Porcelain Vases by Melitta Minden, Germany, 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Op Art porcelain vases set of 3
Producer:
Melitta Minden, Germany
Age:
1970s
This original vintage OP Art vase set was produced in the 1970s in Germany...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
1970s Studio Art Pottery Abstract Sculpture Hoof
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Abstract Hoof Studio Pottery Art
5 h x 5.75 d x 4 w
signed
Original vintage condition.
See images please.
Category
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
Marisha Falkovich Ceramic Viewing Box
Located in Paris, FR
Marisha Falkovich grew up in Moscow, Russia and lives and works in New York. She primarily works with ceramics and animation – her ceramic pieces are...
Category
2010s American Ceramic Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Clay
Matte Black Ceramic TOTEM, Round and Rectangular Forms, Organic Crinkled Cup Top
Located in New York, NY
One in a new series of modern TOTEMS consisting of soft round or rectangular forms on small conical feet. The shapes begin as a solid piece. They are then hollowed out, stacked and i...
Category
2010s American Organic Modern Ceramic Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Abstract Organic Mod Century Post Modern Handmade Pottery Sculpture Vase 1970s
Located in New York, NY
Unusual organic hand made pottery art objet dart, having a textured surface, with a high glaze finish, of tonal brows. The piece is in excellent original co...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Post-Modern Ceramic Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
Black glazed stoneware sculpture by Michel Lanos, Circa 1980-1990
By Michel Lanos
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Black glazed stoneware sculpture by Michel Lanos.
Artist signature under the base. Circa 1980-1990.
H : 19.5’ x 6.5’ x 8’ inches.
Unique piece.
Category
1980s French Beaux Arts Vintage Ceramic Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Ceramic Sculpture by Ka Kwong Hui
By Hiu Ka Kwong
Located in Pawtucket, RI
Rare and large ceramic sculpture by Pop ceramicist Ka Kwong Hui. Signed.
Hui immigrated to U.S. in 1948. Received a BFA in 1951 and a MFA in 1952 from Al...
Category
1960s American Modern Vintage Ceramic Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Super Color Crusty Fat Lava Blue Floor Vase Scheurich, Germany WGP, 1970s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Fat lava art vase, heavy Brutalist glaze
Producer:
Scheurich, Germany
Decade:
1970s
This original vintage vase was produced in the 1970s in Ger...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
1985 Italy Terracotta Abstract Sculpture by Urano Palma Terracotta Throne
By Urano Palma
Located in Brescia, IT
This very intense and engaging artwork was created by Urano Palma that is a well known Italian artist who starts to create his artworks following the philosophy of Lucio Fontana. He ...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Post-Modern Ceramic Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Terracotta
Zoomorphic Ceramic Sculpture, Vase by Guerin, circa 1950
By Guerin
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A zoomorphic ceramic-sculpture- vase by Guerin.
Signed under the base.
Circa 1950-1960.
Category
20th Century French Beaux Arts Ceramic Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Ueda Satoko Clay Sculpture, Brazil, 1991
Located in Miami, FL
Abstract clay sculpture by Japanese-Brazilian artist and professor Ueda Satoko. Brazil 1991.
Ueda Satoko was an artist, sculptor and professor residing in Baja de Tijuca, Rio de J...
Category
Late 20th Century Brazilian Organic Modern Ceramic Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Clay
$1,480 Sale Price
20% Off
Rob Sieminski Nail Encrusted Pottery
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A fine example of this artists finest
work.
Rob Sieminski is a Maine Studio Potter.
He is represented in a number of institutional collections including:
Philadelphia Museum of Art
S...
Category
Early 2000s American Ceramic Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Pottery
Luxury Vase #37 "Love Hurts". Porcelain. Handmade design and crafted in Italy.
Located in San Miniato PI, IT
The heart collection is the result of the extravagant creativity of two innovative designers, who are inspired especially by the human body.
The heart collection is inspired by the ...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Ceramic Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Porcelain
Porcelain Sculpture by Wayne Fischer, 2018
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A porcelain sculpture by Wayne Fischer.
Perfect original conditions.
Signed.
Unique piece.
2022.
How can an inert object produce deeply unsuspecting, indecipherable, uncontrollable emotions?
Wayne Fischer is an artist who can create works that force one to ask such moving questions as this. If he doesn’t know why, if he can’t explain the deepest reasons of his artistic research, he definitely knows the workings and limitations of the artistic process he invented.
He has never deviated from the course he set for himself since university; translate life. The works presented here show the evolution of his creations over the past thirty years. If Wayne Fischer has received several international prizes and quickly obtained the recognition of his peers in ceramics, nevertheless he retains a singular position at once unavoidable and disturbing. His sculptures are paradoxical, powerful and sensual, and cause a certain unease. They are beautiful, carnal, touchable, all the while being outside the standard idea of beauty. The ambiguity of attraction and rejection is at the heart of this evolution.
The pieces from the 1980s and 90s are imposing by their size, stature and symmetry, which give them balance. They generate surprise, curiosity and play between contrasts that are both soft and aggressive. They reference the body, muscles, and torso, without presenting an exact reality. They are double-faced, seductive, and enigmatic. Wayne’s shapes are inspired by shells, bivalves, sometimes presented as though they are floating in space. But the reference of the marine world to the mysterious female body has only one interpretation and only history and emotion condition the reaction of the spectator: he accepts or refuses to see, to be seduced. He is touched or he flees.
The more recent sculptures are appreciated in the fullness of their round volume and the search for a pure universal beauty. “Metamorphosis,” the work recently awarded by the Bettencourt Foundation, is from this series of pieces wheel- thrown and deformed which pushes the porcelain from the inside so the bulges evoke the movement of waves or the musculature of several bodies. The exactness, the clean breaks, the assurance of lines and valleys are testimony to the interior power that governs the creation. The life energy expressed is also felt by the artist as the origin of ceramics. All the pieces are curved and tense. They show no marking, no sign of the hand, no imprints, and yet give an impression of spontaneity, as if a dropped piece of clay found its form by chance. Depending on the angles, the content becomes “the origins of the world...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Ceramic Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Boho Glazed Ceramic Sculpture
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This white ceramic pagoda sculpture is a graceful architectural accent that draws inspiration from traditional East Asian design. With its tiered levels, arched windows, and pierced ...
Category
Late 20th Century American Ceramic Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Set of 3 Ceramic Studio Pottery Vase by Gerhard Liebenthron, Germany, 1960s
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
Ceramic stoneware object set of 3
Designer and producer:
Gerhard Liebenthron
Information:
Gerhard Liebenthron, Bremen
1925-2005
Decade:
1960s
Th...
Category
Late 20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Ceramic Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery, Stoneware
Porcelain Sculpture by Wayne Fischer, 2022
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
A porcelain sculpture by Wayne Fischer.
Perfect original conditions.
Signed.
Unique piece.
2022.
How can an inert object produce deeply unsuspecting, indecipherable, uncontrol...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Beaux Arts Ceramic Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Bosphore Table Lamp in Pink by Laura Gonzalez
Located in Paris, FR
Ceramic foot with geometric relief produced by the Jean Roger workshop in Paris. Available in different colors for the foot, and different fabrics for the oval lampshade...
Category
2010s French Modern Ceramic Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Enamel
$4,573 / item
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